So I finally bought a new smartphone. I was going to get the
original Google Pixel, but reviews said sales were collapsing because users
found it hard to manage. I then browsed the older Galaxy S models, but they can
be sold by third parties that get terrible reviews on Amazon.
Along the way, I saw some Galaxy J models that were a lot
less expensive than the S models, so I turned my nose up at the cheap things.
Looking at multiple reviews, I began to see the sense of the
J models. Instead of being the flagship Galaxy S models, they were midline,
workable phones that had what I needed without being the latest shiny object.
Advertised for 219.99, I managed to get it for a little less when the clerk at
the BestBuy brought up a discount. Of course I’ll get the protective case,
since my manager recently dropped her S9 into soft dirt, and the screen got a spiderweb
crack.
When I say finally, you may not believe what my previous
phone was. It had the Microsoft operating system. Some of you will say,
“There’s no such thing . . . oh, right.” My friend Kelly introduced me to it
years ago, saying it worked just like the commercials said it did. It was the
shiny new thing. But years went by. People stopped making apps for it. And it
couldn’t download any Android or Apple apps.
So I’ve finally modernized.
